And now for something completely different…jQuery(“document”).ready(function(){jQuery(‘#ngg-gallery-108-863′).galleryView({panel_width:600,panel_height:400,frame_width:40,frame_height:40,transition_interval:0,overlay_color:‘#222′,overlay_text_color:‘white’,caption_text_color:‘#222′,background_color:‘transparent’,border:‘none’,nav_theme:‘dark’,easing:‘easeInOutQuad’});});On Monday we went to the Metromix Hot Plates Live event at the Chelsea Market for tastings from some choice restaurants. It was crowded,hot,and noisy but some of the dishes made it all worth it.
jQuery(“document”).ready(function(){jQuery(‘#ngg-gallery-97-864′).galleryView({panel_width:600,panel_height:400,frame_width:40,frame_height:40,transition_interval:0,overlay_color:‘#222′,overlay_text_color:‘white’,caption_text_color:‘#222′,background_color:‘transparent’,border:‘none’,nav_theme:‘dark’,easing:‘easeInOutQuad’});});Shanghai Renjia is a chain restaurant that has multiple locations throughout Shanghai. As the name might suggest,Shanghai Renjia specializes in Shanghai cuisine. Amanda and I didn’t really know much about local foods aside from soup dumplings so we ended up asking our waitress for her suggestions and favorites. What we ended up with was a nice (and somewhat large) meal that we hope is a good sampling of Shanghai food. jQuery(“document”).ready(function(){jQuery(‘#ngg-gallery-95-853′).galleryView({panel_width:600,panel_height:400,frame_width:40,frame_height:40,transition_interval:0,overlay_color:‘#222′,overlay_text_color:‘white’,caption_text_color:‘#222′,background_color:‘transparent’,border:‘none’,nav_theme:‘dark’,easing:‘easeInOutQuad’});});Before we left on the China trip,my mom told me that Beijing was known for it’s hot pot. My mom occasionally set up a hot pot at home when she didn’t really feel like cooking and we did the same on frigid days back up at Cornell University. It was pretty cold and rainy when we landed in Shanghai,so when our family friend asked me where we wanted to go eat,we didn’t hesitate to suggest hot pot. Not exactly Beijing hot pot,but it satisfied our cravings until the real thing jQuery(“document”).ready(function(){jQuery(‘#ngg-gallery-93-845′).galleryView({panel_width:600,panel_height:400,frame_width:40,frame_height:40,transition_interval:0,overlay_color:‘#222′,overlay_text_color:‘white’,caption_text_color:‘#222′,background_color:‘transparent’,border:‘none’,nav_theme:‘dark’,easing:‘easeInOutQuad’});});You didn’t think we’d go to Shanghai and skip out on xiao long bao,did you? Well,we didn’t. In fact,we went to two restaurants for the sole purpose of trying out their soup dumplings. I remember a while back,a debate came up about who had the best soup dumplings:Joe’s Shanghai,a NYC Chinatown favorite of our’s that originated in Flushing,or Din Tai Fung,a Taiwanese restaurant that specializes in soup dumplings. At the time,we said unequivocally that Joe’s Shanghai must have the best simply by virtue that we couldn’t imagine a better tasting soup dumpling. We were wrong. Oh so very wrong.  |  | |
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